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Jonsi
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03 Jan 2011, 8:52 pm

I'm not proud, as I don't like that word, but I am happy with it.



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04 Jan 2011, 9:13 am

LifeOfTheSpectrum wrote:
I'm not proud of being an Autie. I can see how you can be PROUD of a disability.

i tottaly agree but yet i'm proud because i see aspergers as a challenge to pass and i passed it yet (i know im contradicting) i'm not



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28 Apr 2011, 9:38 pm

Most of the time, yes. But then I get out in public...



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23 Nov 2011, 6:31 pm

DeLoreanDude wrote:
Are you proud to have Aspergers?

I am :)


I wouldn't say proud, but I have come to accept it.



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23 Nov 2011, 6:42 pm

Yes would be an understatement.


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23 Nov 2011, 7:54 pm

I'm just me, and I'm fine with that.



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24 Nov 2011, 12:10 am

I'm proud to be special, who would want to be normal?


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24 Nov 2011, 4:45 am

I'm proud of who I am. Aspergers may be a "disability" but in many ways it has assisted me during my lifetime. It may have its downs, but it certainly makes up for it when I'm making beautiful music and sounds.



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25 Nov 2011, 7:06 am

Hell NO.
How can I be proud of a mental disease/disability that troubles in my life? I hate my AS with every bit of my life. AS is what makes me the weird, shy, and hard to socialize guy that I am, and I cant count the problems I have because of my AS. Sure there are the pros of having AS, but all these troubles far outweigh it.



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25 Nov 2011, 2:29 pm

No...why would I let AS define me?
But I am proud of my personal achievements.


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25 Nov 2011, 11:57 pm

I am not proud of my AS, but I am proud of my special interests and the time I devote to them. I am proud of the fact that I can accomplish in little time that which would take much more for the unfocused neurotypical, but not the AS itself. Why should anyone be proud of something one cannot change?



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26 Nov 2011, 3:40 am

It is what it is and I am what I am. It just is, and it satisfies me. Proud? Not particularly, but I'm quite harsh on myself. Ashamed? No. I know who I am and accept it, although I'm somewhat critical. It is a large part of me so it's not worth hating myself for it, but rather I try to make the best of it.



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29 Nov 2011, 8:10 am

I wouldn't give up having Asperger's for anything in the world. It makes up who I am and has helped me in numerous ways.



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04 Jan 2012, 7:16 pm

Without AS I probably wouldn't have my passions for some of my favourite things in life. How could I not be proud?



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05 Jan 2012, 8:35 pm

deathsign wrote:
Hell NO.
How can I be proud of a mental disease/disability that troubles in my life? I hate my AS with every bit of my life. AS is what makes me the weird, shy, and hard to socialize guy that I am, and I cant count the problems I have because of my AS. Sure there are the pros of having AS, but all these troubles far outweigh it.


This. Everything about this is beautiful.



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06 Jan 2012, 10:44 am

HazelEye wrote:
deathsign wrote:
Hell NO.
How can I be proud of a mental disease/disability that troubles in my life? I hate my AS with every bit of my life. AS is what makes me the weird, shy, and hard to socialize guy that I am, and I cant count the problems I have because of my AS. Sure there are the pros of having AS, but all these troubles far outweigh it.


This. Everything about this is beautiful.


Beautiful? You call pessimism/depression and blaming all your problems on something beautiful? WTF?


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